THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Goals
It seeks to improve on the sustainable management of biodiversity through human welfare development and reduction of human pressure on key biodiversity targets
Programs
LIVELIHOODS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME
This programme seeks to improve alternative livelihoods and incomes of individual households adjacent to biodiversity hotspots and protected areas.
Projects
- Livestock Development
- NTFPs Value Chain
- Apiculture Development
- Agricultural Value Chain
WOMEN AND GENDER
PROGRAMME
Seeks to empower women, youths and girls via institutional strengthening, economic literacy & empowerment, and education. This Programme is coordinated by the ERuDeF Center for the Advancement of Women Initiatives in Cameroon.
Projects
- Women in Green Economy
- Women in Self Employment
- Sustainable Human Population Management in Biodiversity Hotspots and Protected Areas
ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING (ABS) INITIATIVE
Seeks to promote equitable sharing of benefits accruing from the exploitation of genetic resources and indigenous and traditional knowledge in Cameroon.
Projects
- Research & Development
- Echinops giganteus
- Mondia whitei
CONSERVATION FINANCE PROGRAMME
This program seeks to establish a non-profit community foundation, the Forest Protection Fund (FoProF), through which community-based conservation and sustainable development initiatives will be supported around protected areas and biodiversity hotspots. The Programme also seeks to establish the ERuDeF Endowment Fund that will support ERuDeF’s core costs and other charitable programmes of the organisation.
Projects
- Rural Cooperatives and Enterprises Development
- Rural Finance Development
- Community Foundation (Forest Protection Fund)
- The ERuDeF Endowment Fund